Double-Stacked Bookshelves

Happy Monday, fellow A-Zers!  Welcome to week 2 of the A-Z Blogging Challenge.  Today's letter is F and I'm bringing you the following:  Jonathan Safran Foer. Jonathan Safran Foer (1977-) I first encountered Foer's work in college after watching the film based on his novel Everything is Illuminated .  Then I read the book and fell in love with it.  Who wouldn't love a female dog named Sammie Davis Junior Jr who continually masticates itself and has personality?  The characters are memorable and entertaining to boot.  I've continued to read his other works, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Eating Animals , but I have to say that Illuminated is by far my favorite.  Despite the success of the films based on his work, Foer has remained relatively unknown outside the literary circle.  I think he deserves to be well-known. *Recommendation:  Everything is Illuminated , both the book and the movie Who are some of your f...

I found a copy of Pam Jenoff's The Diplomat's Wife for a measly two bucks at a secondhand store recently and have decided that I'm going to plunge into it!  Because of that, here's a teaser: "'Before we could escape, the Kommandant found Emma and discovered that she was Jewish.' I recount hiding in the shadows, watching the Kommandant confront Emma.  'I had hoped she might be able to somehow talk her way out of it.  He seemed to have genuine feelings for her so I thought he might understand.  But when he pulled out his gun, I had to do something.  I shot him.'" (112) Oh man...I love novels set during this time period.  Despite the horrific atrocities that occurred, for some reason it is my favorite point in history.  I'm excited for this read.